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Introduction Motivation Characterizing Role and Reusability Summary Whose “Fault” is This? Untangling Domain Concepts in Ontology Design Patterns Bene Rodriguez-Castro Hugh Glaser Dependable Systems and Software Engineering Group Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton, UK June 1st-5th, 2008 1st KRRSW Workshop at the 5th ESWC Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Motivation Characterizing Role and Reusability Summary Outline Introduction 1 Ontologies and Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) Motivation 2 The ReSIST Network of Excellence The Fault Domain Concept Characterizing Role and Reusability 3 Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Motivation Ontologies and Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) Characterizing Role and Reusability Summary Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) Ontologies have emerged as one of the key components for the realization of the Semantic Web. Ontology Engineering involves a broad range of activities focused on the development of ontologies. Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) have evolved from the preceding success of design patterns in software engineering, (and known as “archetypal solutions to design problems in a certain context” ). Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Motivation The ReSIST Network of Excellence Characterizing Role and Reusability The Fault Domain Concept Summary The ReSIST Project The ReSIST Knowledge Base : an ontologically mediated web portal that enables the end-user to browse and search different type of information in the area of resilient systems. ( http://www.rkbexplorer.com/explorer/ ) The ReSIST Knowledge Base features an ontology in the field of resilient computing . The representation of the Fault domain concept in the ontology for ReSIST is challenging due to: The complexity of its definition . The number of roles that it supports in the ontology. The relationships with other domain concepts in the ontology. Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Motivation The ReSIST Network of Excellence Characterizing Role and Reusability The Fault Domain Concept Summary Matrix representation of Fault from (Avizienis 2004) Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Motivation The ReSIST Network of Excellence Characterizing Role and Reusability The Fault Domain Concept Summary Tree representation of Fault from (Avizienis 2004) Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST ODP1: Pattern 2-Variant 2 in (Rector 2005) Representing Specified Values in OWL: “value partitions” and “value sets” Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST ODP2: Approach 4 in (Noy 2005) Representing Classes As Property Values on the Semantic Web Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Similarities between the 2 ODPs examined Both use a hierarchy of classes to provide anonymous individuals as property values for other concepts in the ontology In Pattern 2-Variant 2 from (Rector 2005) the hierarchy is used as a representation of features, attributes, or modifiers that describe other concepts in the ontology. In Approach 5 from (Noy 2005) the hierarchy is used as a subject index to annotate other domain concepts in the ontology. Both keep ontology expressivity within OWL-DL Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Differences between the 2 ODPs examined Regarding the hierarchy of classes : In Pattern 2-Variant 2 (Rector 2005) it conforms to the definition of value partition . In Approach 4 (Noy 2005) it does not and classes could be organized in any hierarchical structure. Regarding the anonymous individuals : In Pattern 2-Variant 2 (Rector 2005) they are of the same type of the other individuals in the class. In Approach 4 (Noy 2005) they are of different type of the other individuals in the class. Anonymous individuals are subjects while the others are actual animals. Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST A Terminology for Roles of Domain Concepts I Generic Class Hierarchy (GCH): refers to a set of classes organized in any hierarchical structure (e.g. a single class or a set of classes organized in a list, a tree or a directed acyclic graph). Domain Class Hierarchy (DCH): refers to any GCH that contains the classes corresponding to the domain concepts that the ontology is intended to represent. Value Class Hierarchy (VCH): refers to any GCH that is used to provide anonymous individuals as values to properties for other domain concepts in the ontology. Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST A Terminology for Roles of Domain Concepts II Value Partition Class Hierarchy (VPCH): refers to a GCH that: a) is a Value Class Hierarchy and b) conforms to the definition of a value partition Domain Concept Space (DCS): identifies the subset of the ontology model that contains all the classes that belong to a Domain Class Hierarchy. Value Space (VS): identifies the subset of the ontology model that contains all the classes that belong to a Value Class Hierarchy or Value Partition Class Hierarchy. Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Example 1: Roles of Domain Concepts in (Rector 2005) Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Example 2: Roles of Domain Concepts in (Noy 2005) Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Scenario 1 Scenario 1 : Let us consider two ontologies O 1 and O 2 , with two Domain Class Hierarchies DCH 1 and DCH 2 in their Domain Concept Space respectively. In the context of (Noy 2005) and (Rector 2005) we can reuse DCH 2 from O 2 to support the role of a Value Class Hierarchy in ontology O 1 . Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Example Scenario 1: Premise Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Example Scenario 1: Conclusion Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Scenario 2 Scenario 2 : Let us consider a single ontology O 1 , with two Domain Class Hierarchies DCH 11 and DCH 12 in its Domain Concept Space. In the context of (Noy 2005) and (Rector 2005) we can reuse DCH 12 to support the role of a Value Class Hierarchy for DCH 11 in O 1 . Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?

Introduction Comparative Analysis of 2 ODPs Motivation Roles of Domain Concepts in ODPs Characterizing Role and Reusability Reusability of Domain Concepts in ODPs Summary Role and Reusability of Fault in ReSIST Example Scenario 2: Premise Bene Rodriguez-Castro, Hugh Glaser Whose “Fault” is This?